Becoming the Luna - Chapter 126

“Is it safe to be this close to the woods?” My mom asks the question on my mind.

“It is.” Ian replies, carefully parking the car, close enough so that it’ll be easy to move the luggages out of the car.

I expect him to say more but he doesn’t, my mom and I share a look, and shrug.

It definitely had to be, there were a lot of Werewolves at the Pack House at the moment, they would be able to keep us safe.

Settling in was actually easier that I had expected, the Pack House is practically made up of much smaller houses, apartments more like but you get the picture.

There were one bedrooms’, two and even three. The Alpha’s rooms are on the highest level, which is the fourth story and apparently only the Head Beta and the Delta live there as well with their family.

Usually, they stayed in the top story all by themselves but now that the Pack House is fuller than it has been in a really long time, the empty rooms in the top level would have to be given out as well.

I was grateful that we didn’t have to stay at the top level though because Elise stayed there, plus the twins also stayed there too.

Julia stayed just down the hallway and she was so excited to see us move in, she had come over to help with the moving in and that made things move a lot more smoother.

Apparently she stayed with her grandson, who turned out to be Luke from the pet store but he was in a hurry to go for training? So he couldn’t stay long either but it was nice enough to know that someone nice that I sort of knew, lived just down the hallway.

I hole up in my room while Julia and my mom talked in the living room. The new apartment is a lot more compact than the house but it’s actually pretty cool.

Apple had immediately gone off to explore the new space as soon as I set her down and I knew she was currently purring around Julia, who always made her the best fish delicacies.

I lie down on the unfamiliar bed and plug in my ear phones, quiet music streaming in my ears.

There’s a tall window that I can see out of, we’re in the third storey so all I see are the tips of the pine trees and the bright blue sky.

A knock raps on my door and I take my earphones out, sitting up slightly.

Shana and Mae bound in happily, their cheeks heated from no doubt running up the flights of stairs.

The only one thing I didn’t fancy about the Pack House was the stairs, there were just too many and I didn’t see myself leaving the apartment willy nilly.

“Hayden!” Shana exclaims, coming in first while Mae closes the door gently behind her. “I thought Chloe was messing with me when she said that Ian brought you.” She skips over and bounces on the bed.

I grin at them, happy to see familiar faces. “Hi, we really just got here.”

“Yeah I know, we spoke to Renee.” Mae gets on the bed as well and I scoot a bit to make room for her.

“Where do you stay, Mae?” I ask curiously.

“On the first floor, the Pack Clinic takes up a good space down there and my mom needs to stay close for her research.” She replies.

“I’m going to move in with Mae and her mom today.” Shana informs me with barely suppressed excitement.

I blink in surprise. “Oh wow! Really?”

“Yeah.” Mae smiles gently. “Apparently, Shana is invaluable to my mom’s research because she comes up with the craziest ideas.”

I gape slightly at this, very surprised. Mae’s dad had gone on some business trip or the other, I’d never seen him actually. “I thought you wanted to be a nurse?” I tease her.

She smirks. “I just might decide to be a scientist, it’s way more fun.”

“Because you don’t know what you’re doing?” Mae says dryly.

Shana pouts, crossing her arms. “I totally do.”

“Yeah right.” Mae rolls her eyes. “You don’t understand half the terms my mom uses.”

“Well, neither do you!” Shana fires back.

“I’m not the one who wants to become a scientist.”

“It’s better than being a witch.” Shana grumbles under her breath.

Mae gasps dramatically. “I can’t believe you just said that.” She says in a betrayed voice, turning her head to the side.

I just watch them with amusement, they are really cute together.

Shana throws her arms around her. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that.” She apologizes quickly.

“Try again after I curse all of your hair off.” Mae grouches.

I burst out laughing at this point, wrapping a hand around my middle.

“So tell me more about the research.” I ask curiously when I can breathe again.

“Oh it’s horrible, Hay!” Shana gushes, grabbing my shoulders in a fit of emotion. “I can’t believe that someone would actually make that.”

“You think it was made?” I ask with a frown, staring at her with wide eyes.

“It has to be made, it obviously genetically altered because it’s similar to the rabies virus and yet so very different.”

“You’re just repeating my mom’s words.” Mae pouts, still upset with Shana’s previous words.

Shana glances at her, a mischievous light coming into her eyes and the next moment she’s tackling Mae to the bed and tickling her.

Mae bursts out laughing and tries to roll away but Shana doesn’t let her, catching her effortlessly and tickling her even harder.

Mae laughs so hard that tears run down her face and her eyes start to glow, I frown at this, reaching forward.

“Shana, I don’t think…”

Mae’s eyes start up with a silver glow and darken to purple and the next moment, Shana is getting thrown across the room by a burst of energy.

I slap a hand over my mouth when she hits the wall hard, Mae looks equally traumatized.

“Oh my God, Shay I’m so sorry.” She gushes.

Shana just raises a hand up, giving us a thumbs up. “I’m okay, I sorta deserved that.”